STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1993, sig. 109-6/85

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":8f "The Dunajplavba had its general assembly on Monday, which was only interesting from the side that four new men came to the administrative council in representation of the 51% stock-holding state: Igor Hrusovsky, the police director Dr.Stefánik, Ing.Karlicky and Ing Hugo Vavrecky. Robotnické Noviny" states that apart from this change everything remained the same.... Now it is not known to what extent the question of the President of the Administrative Council has been resolved and whether the Slovak public will go so far as to fill the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors with Igor Hrusovsky. We ask: Because of this hash was the whole revolution? That is why all the betrayal, shamefulness in front of the public, contempt? Is it worth it to a Slovak press that in this way it drives the post for a human being, which the National Socialist Party wanted to get rid of? Weird, but the government society characterizing things". At the same time, at the request of Dr. Hodza, the Director-General's deputy, Dr. Droppa, was appointed, although this gentleman had so far not only to deal with the water transport but also with the car transport as a representative of the Tatra Works and had no experience and expertise for the new post, besides being a Protestant and a supporter of the agricultural party and having to release his post in the Tatraworks for the son-in-law of the Prime Minister Dr.Hodza. Ex was also the first time that this young official had already been granted a pension by the Dunajplavba at the time of admission to the state costs, of which xiek the former officials were not even allowed to dream about the company. After a short time, H.Bohus Sebera was also accepted as the executive board of the management's organizational department. It was this Lord who - as mentioned earlier - led the whole plot and worked out the plan for the extermination of all the uncomfortable persons, especially those who were witnesses of his "famous" activity with the agent Novi Sad. It cannot be described by what methods the aforementioned gentlemen worked against such persons. None of them has been ashamed to use even those means with which only criminals work, in order to take action in the first row against the Director General Ing.J.Prokop and the commercial director Buchta. These persons, known as pure characters, were deliberately accused of coruption in the whole area and in the circles of the foreign shipping companies, so that they were forced to obtain satisfaction in the complaint. In this way, both gentlemen were forced to leave the service at Dunajplavba, because they were unable to continue to serve under one roof with such intriguers. Thus, the long-awaited post of Director General and a commercial director was released, which is still unoccupied for certain reasons.